(ANSA-AFP) - BRATISLAVA, JUN 28 - Slovakia's transport
minister said Friday human error was likely to blame for the
collision of a passenger train and bus that killed seven people
and injured five others. The vehicles crashed on Thursday at a
railway crossing near the southwestern town of Nove Zamky. Parts
of the bus scattered on impact and the Prague-to-Budapest
Eurocity train caught fire. "It was most likely an individual,
human failure. It was not a technical or system failure,"
Transport Minister Jozef Raz told reporters. "The train should
not have been on that track," he said, explaining that it had
been closed for work following heavy rain in previous days. The
Slovak rescue service said Thursday seven people had died as a
result of the collision and five others were injured.
(ANSA-AFP).
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